UConn Home and Garden Education Center alum Carol Quish wrote a short blog post about vivipary in 2014 that, over a decade later, is still one of our most-read pieces. Why are folks still interested ...

Everyone loves growing tomatoes, but not everyone takes the time to start their own plants from seed. Most gardeners head to their favorite local nursery and pick up a few transplants when planting ...

This time-lapse compiled of several seeds sprouting. Each seed was sown under moist soil and was filmed till their roots are ...

Learn how to save seeds from tomatoes to revive heirloom varieties by saving heirloom tomato seeds and safeguard against future food uncertainty. Midsummer is here, and, for most gardeners, this means ...

If you peruse a seed catalog, especially one geared toward heirloom vegetables, you’ll quickly realize that the selection of tomato transplants in nurseries pales in comparison to the variety of seed ...

Starting tomato seedlings? Seeds for the famous Ramapo tomato are available directly from Rutgers University, which recently reintroduced this heirloom variety. Credit: Will Westermayer/Flickr Sooner ...

I got my first tomato spam of the season today in my e-mail inbox: "Produce up to 180 lbs of supersized tomatoes...right in your backyard with amazing 8 ft tall tomato trees." Wow, an eight-foot tall ...

If you don't want to hang around for a late harvest, these fruits and vegetables are ideal for growing early and getting a late-winter head start this season.